An infrastructure group owned by Philippine billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of one of the biggest solar-plus-storage projects in the world.

A large-scale solar PV plant with four-hour duration battery storage could be built on underutilised land at a US Armed Forces Base in Hawaii.

The US government Department of Energy has issued a Request for Information as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage.

Power company AES Bulgaria has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bulgarian ministry of energy to assist the country in its decarbonisation transition.

Island nations Mauritius and Barbados have both begun renewable energy procurement processes that involve energy storage.

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments has signed a solar and battery energy storage system PPA totalling 200MWac/400MWh with a local utility.

San Jose Clean Energy, a non-profit electricity supplier in California, has celebrated the completion of a solar-plus-storage project which will ensure the delivery of carbon-free electricity during evening peak times. 

Construction has started on BHP’s “first off-grid large-scale renewable energy project”, totalling 38 MW of solar power and a 10.1MW/5.4 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), at two nickel mines in Western Australia which supply Tesla for use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Energy storage specialist Fluence and renewable energy market software and advisory firm Pexapark have entered into a long-term strategic partnership, confirming Fluence’s accelerated push into wider renewable energy and energy storage software services.

Two clean energy projects aimed at replacing a retiring Nevada coal power plant look set to go ahead, with their sale to utility NV Energy been given final approval from regulators.